Principal Architect - Multiple Locations

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: February 18, 2021

Job Description:

Principal Architect - Multiple Locations Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm) Primary Responsibilities:-- As a Solutions Architect, you will ensure that we are building enterprise information systems that are truly aligned with the business by engaging in the following activities:--

• For any given project, quickly absorb the business drivers, and assess the IT assets needed to create the capabilities required to fulfill the business vision and requirements
• Understand the Enterprise Architecture roadmap, influence to Modernize architectures
• Research, identify, and recommend Modern Architecture patterns for solving business problems
• Rapidly navigate between high-level business vision, through Product / Capability / System level requirements, identify architecturally significant changes to provide Solution specification
• Identify candidate solution approaches, and model cost-benefit tradeoffs of each
• Rapidly develop a Conceptual model of the chosen solution, and document using a combination of text, diagrams and human interactions
• Collaborate to enable team - business, development, operations - to align to conceptual models
• Create the solution documentation (Agile Solution Intent and Software Models) that will provide both a basis for project sign-off by all stakeholders, and the foundation Product Teams
• Cultivate role as trusted advisor of all parties (business, RTE and Delivery)
• Gracefully transition solution leadership to the Product / Delivery team, once the solution is clearly understood, documented and under development
• Leverage your experience, versatility and quick-learning to jump in when and where needed to help the project through sticking points
• Provider Governance and Oversight to guide implementation with enterprise architecture direction
• Guide and mentor the work of other architects assigned to the project
• Seek opportunities to create efficiencies or advance architectural agenda, by identifying reusable assets.
• Take leadership role in delivering and driving solution strategy at scale
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so Required Qualifications:--
  • B.Tech / MCA / Msc / MTech (Minimum 16 years of formal education, Correspondence courses are not relevant)
  • 17-20 years of IT Software development experience (Recent 6+ years of experience must be on Solution / Systems / Enterprise solution architecture with large scale complex IT systems)
  • Experience architecting products against and using Kafka is a must specifically eventing patterns, event driven development, etc.
  • Expert in Modern Eventing Architecture, Microservices, DevOps & Cloud native Architecture patterns
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases (e.g. MongoDB, SQL Server, MySQL, Cassandra)
  • Technical background i.e. software development, systems development, etc.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills to influence architecture strategies
  • Experience architecting/designing scalable systems
  • Experience in collaborating with Business / Product Managers to understand business needs to aligning architecture/solution options with business needs
  • Experience with applying and harvesting software patterns
  • Experience with delivering Agile Software Architectures & software models
  • Experience in navigating in a complex enterprise, be able to take initiative and influence Enterprise Architecture direction (Business and IT capabilities)--
  • Experience working with diverse Global Team
  • Intellectual curiosity - willing to learn more than seems necessary to accomplish the task at hand Soft Skills:--
    • Work with Executives and CIO level leadership for articulating the Solutions and architecture
    • Strong thought leadership, Excellent Oral and Written skills
    • Superior facilitation skills - be comfortable speaking up in an information vacuum, conversely be willing to be a good listener when other stakeholders are "on a roll"Strong presentation skills with ability to create both high level diagrams for executives, business as well as delivery engineers
    • Organizational and time management skills focused and strong attention to detail
    • Excellent interpersonal skills, team player, proactive, self-starter and motivated
    • Develop understanding of the healthcare industry, Optum's business units and strategy Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm) If you want to use your abilities to help us challenge the status quo and achieve on our ambitious mission, this is the right place for you. We are creating and delivering quality health care solutions that deeply impact the health care system. And this means opportunities for people like you to grow and innovate with us. At UnitedHealth Group we work with the largest collection of health related data. It's an opportunity and challenge on an enormous scale using SAS, R/Python, Hadoop, MapReduce and every emerging platform that makes sense for a team that makes the big--- At UnitedHealth Group, the technology and innovation we invent is in service of a future where health care serves everyone more fairly, productively and consistently. We put a series of questions to Pat Keran, Senior Director at Optum, to explain wha--- UnitedHealth Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or accommodation for any part of the application process, please call 1-800-561-0861 and press or say 1 for Applicant to be connected to Recruitment Services. Recruitment Services hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday. UnitedHealth Group is a registered service mark of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The UnitedHealth Group name with the dimensional logo, as well as the dimensional logo alone, are both service marks for the UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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